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  1. Avalanche Express is a 1979 adventure thriller film starring Lee Marvin, Robert Shaw, Maximilian Schell, and Linda Evans, and produced and directed by Mark Robson. The plot is about the struggle over a defecting Soviet general. The screenplay by Abraham Polonsky was based on a 1977 novel by Colin Forbes. It was the last film for Shaw and Robson ...

  2. Avalanche Express (1979) #WarnerArchive #WarnerBros #AvalancheExpressLee Marvin leads the squad in a lethal locomotive actioner. Sent to retrieve a Russian d...

    • 2 min
    • 28.6K
    • Warner Bros. Classics
  3. Oct 19, 1979 · Avalanche Express: Directed by Mark Robson, Monte Hellman. With Lee Marvin, Robert Shaw, Linda Evans, Maximilian Schell. Soviet KGB General Marenkov defects to the Americans and together with his CIA handler Harry Wargrave they plan an operation meant to reveal the KGB agents in Europe.

    • (1.7K)
    • Action, Thriller
    • Mark Robson, Monte Hellman
    • 1979-10-19
  4. Purchase Avalanche Express on digital and stream instantly or download offline. On a life-or-death mission, an elite team of espionage agents must transport a Russian defector, while enemy spies, double agent and forces of nature conspire to kill the man as they speed across a frozen Europe aboard a train dubbed The Avalanche Express. When the head of the KGB, General Marenkov (Robert Shaw), defects to the West--with information about Soviet biological weapons--CIA agent Harry Wargrave (Lee ...

    • Mark Robson
    • Robert Shaw
  5. Synopsis. CIA agent Harry Wargrave is sent to aid Gen. Marenkov, a senior Russian official, who is defecting to the west. Wargrave decides they should travel to safety on a train across Europe, the "Atlantic Express". During the journey, they must survive attacks by terrorists and an avalanche, all planned by Russian spy-catcher Nikolai Bunin.

    • Mark Robson
    • 85 min
    • 16
  6. During the journey, they must survive attacks by terrorists and an avalanche, all planned by Russian spy-catcher Nikolai Bunin. Mark Robson. Director. Colin Forbes. Novel. Abraham Polonsky. Screenplay. Written by on September 26, 2014. CIA agent Harry Wargrave is sent to aid Gen. Marenkov, a senior Russian official, who is defecting to the west.

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  8. U.S. undercover agent Harry Wargrave has a straightforward assignment: escort a Soviet defector on Europe's Milan-to-Rotterdam train, then cross the Atlantic and deliver his charge to Washington like a package. Easier said than done. Commandos are out to stop Harry -- and a new weapon may be deployed in this patriot game: a devastating avalanche. Veteran director Mark Robson (Von Ryan's Express, Earthquake) mans the controls and a first-class cast powers the excitement of this thriller that ...